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Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
Etbiopiau Entertainments,

The minstrel performance given by
the colored residents OF Los Angeles
at Hazards Pavilion last night at
tracted tolerably fair-sized audience,
despite the stormy condition OF the
weather, which made travelling very
disagreeable. For amateur, the per-
formance was very good the part
singing being particularly harmonious,
while the dancing was also remark
! ably well sustained.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
For Sale.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 1.-The
British sealing schooner Lottie Fair
field, seized in the Behring sea several
months ago, will be sold here to-
morrow.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
ENwenthal Defeated.

SAN Francisco, December L.
Judge Coffey to-day denied the motion
ofLowenthal toset aside the search
warrant under which the papers be-
longing to Little Pete" were re-
Gently taken from the safe of a
Chinese firm.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
George Gould in California.

SAN FRANCISCO, December L.
George Gould, President of the Pa
cific Mail Company, will arrive in this
city tomorrow over the Atlantic and
Pacific.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
THE FRENCH CRISIS.
Embarrassing Situation of
President Grevy.
THE END EXPECTED TODAY.
Great Excitement in Paris
BlOOdshed PrObable-TrOOps
Guarding the Palaces.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

ifASsOclhUcu IreSS DlhDdIcneS 10 tne HERALD.
PARIS, December President
Grevy this afternoon informed the
Ministerial Council that, in view Of
the change in the situation, he did not
propose to make any communication
to Parliament to-day. M. Rouvier
will announce this decision to the
Chamber of Deputies and tender the
resignation of the Cabinet. 1t is re-
ported that President Grevy will
shortly form new Cabinet.
THE CHAMBER coNvENEs.
When the Chamber OF Deputies
assembled Rouvier announced that the
President had reconsidered his de-
cision to send message to the
Chamber concerning his resignation,
and therefore the Cabinet had again
resigned. The announcement of the
action of the Ministry was greeted
with continuous applause by the mem
bers of the Left, but Ricardo, Presi-
dent of the Left group, moved that
the sitting be suspended. Members
OF the Right and Left murmured at
this proposal, and M. Cuneo d Ornano
exclaimed that dissolution would be
probable.
GREAT INTEREST MANIFESTED.
The Chamber OF Deputies took a
recess until 4 p. NJ. Great crowds sur
round the legislative building, but
they are orderly and there are no
signs of revolution. At the ministerial
counsel this morning the President
informed NJ. Rouvier that he believed
public opinion was now in his favor,
and that he could form a new cabinet.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
co,orcd CoIonists Coming,

SAN Francisco, December IA
colored colony has started from North
Carolina by the Sunset Route for this
State. The negroes will arrive here
in a week and will settle in Shasta
County, where lands have been To-
Gated for them.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
Dixcy,s Dicc-throwimr,

SAN Francisco. December L.
Henry E. Dixey denies the statement
published here, that he lost s.! 800
while shaking dice with a man named
Bradley, and says that the statement
is entirely without foundation.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
peimmig,S Trinl.

SAN Francisco, December 1.-The
examination of John A. Dimmig was
resumed to-day before Judge Horn
blower, when the same witnesses were
examined as had testified at the in
uuaat
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
The End approaching.

WOODLAND, December L. - Hart
closed the argument in the Harlan
trial at 2 p. NJ. The jury is to be
charged tomorrow morning.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
To ne Hangoo To-day.

SAN JOSE, December Jose Ra-
mirez will be hanged at noon to-mor-
row. All arrangements for the exc
cution have been completed.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
Accidentally Shot.

WArsoNvILLE, December ALVIN
Rondando, aged A, was fatally wound
ed yesterday by the accidental dis
charge of a gun being cleaned by
Willie Powers.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
satisfactorily Settled.

SoNoMA, December 1.-The deficit
left by U, p. Vallejo, defaulting
Marshal OF Sonoma City, has been set
ten in full by his father, General NJ.
q. Vallejo.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
A Tramp Lynchcd.

DENVER, December IAN Ala
mosa, Colo, special says: Michael
O'Brien, the tramp who brutally as
saulted Miss McGregor the night be-
lore last, was taken from the Jail last
night by citizens and hanged on the
gate of the stockyards. The recovery
of the girl is doubtful.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
Killed for Forty Cents.

SAN Francisco, December 1.--J0
Sam Chong, a Chinese highbinder
was shot and killed early this morn
ing by highbinder named Leong All
Tick in a Chinese gambling house.
Tick escaped and has not yet been
captured. The two men had a dispute
over forty cents.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
The NntiOn,s Account.

WASHINGTON, December 1.-The in
tsrest bearing debt is 81, ,052, ,679, ,301 /;
debt bearing no 'nterest, $6l9, t47 ,019 !;
total debt, S1,664, ,461 ,536; interest,
Sic, ,357, ,124.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
Freedom of the press Denied.

DUBLIN, December 1.-Commoner
Edward Harrington was arrested to-
day at Tralee for publishing in his
newspaper, reports of the proceedings
OF suppressed branches of the League
throughout Kerry.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
sexton For LORD v.x.~

DUBLIN, December 1.-Sexton wa
unani nously elected Lord Mayor T.
succe I'd Sullivan to-day.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-02
SIGNAL SERVICE FORECAST.

Indications for the twenty-fou,
hours commencing at A. NJ. Decem.
Der 2d: For California, rain, followed
by fair weather; southwesterly winds
shifting to northwesterly; slightly
cooler.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-11-03
Sheriff Mart. Witham.

The expressed opinion of Judge L. K
Pratt is that Mr.. Witham is among the
most competent sheriffs in this Ju-
dicial District. Judge Pratt ought to
know what he is talking Of Mr. With
am S conduct and records are strong
points in his fevOr
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-11-03


the county officials; it only charges them
with useless extravaganza. and cites a
bill of $19 for revolver, purchased by
the commissioners for the sheriff. in
crease of certain officials salaries, and
the fact that the CAT has been chosen as
the official organ of the county, as exam
pies Of the reckless extravaganza of the
county officials, and says that these var
ious thing have cost the county some
5000 more in the aggregate than was paid
for the county government the previous
year. Yes, the CAT is the official paper
of the county, and is under contract to
do the county printing at IS per cent le-
gal rates, and takes its pay in county
warrants at % cents on the ST. Yes, the
salaries of two of the county officials the
clerk and treasurer, have been increased.
but are still much less than the law per
mits or cOntemplates. Yes. there has
been paid out of the county funds some
5000 more this than last year We cheer
fully acknowledge all this, and acknowl-
edge that the county has provided its
sheriff with $40 revolver, as it was it's !
duty to do. But we say, and can prove
that the actual running expenses of the |
county, for the year ending Oct. 1, 1887.
for the same work, were much less than
the expenses of the preceding year While
we have paid out more money this wear
than last, it was because of cases in the
district court, begun the previous year.
and because of the expense attendant
upon the session of the grand jury last
May. The expense of the continued cas-
es from 1856 amounted to 1861. and
the grand jury cost the county some $780,
The item of the grand jury did not occur
In lSS6-the system not then being in
vogue. Oh, yes; one other thing-About
the charge of $50 for health officer allow
ed by the board. DIR. Edwards was al
lowed for attending a pauper in 1885,
SlS6. How do the two compare? Again
during this year Il balance was paid on
lumber for the court house of $475. These
are facts, and yet in face of these the
Dehocial CharScs tnat tnlS is an eXtraV-
agant county government. The rate of
taxation is the same, yet We have paid
of numbers of large bills contracted last
year, amounting to $1O4215. and $500
for grand jury, and according to the
Democrat nave increased the expendi-
lures of the county only 5000. Yet. this
is an eXtravagant administration of coun- -;
~ affairs. The people of this county
know better. and the Democrat and its
party know better. Why then persist in
stuff which no one helieyes2 ,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-11-03
(COMMUNICAfED.)
COLBY. KAN. Nov. 3, 1887.

! W MI lke l WISH 10 make Few re
marks. l requested Mr. Fike through
the paper to state facts. Has he stateC
them? Let US see. He. think stated
one. when he told AL Roth the reason
he was down on Witham was because
Witham had helped to defeat him last
fall. In regard to my connection with
the criminal herd law petition, l desire
to state that as a citizen of this county.
l did oppose the enactment of any such
law, and do not now think that it would
have benefited the hOmesteaders of
Thomas county in general, but so far as
my action was concerned as an officer.
the petition was never brought before
the requisite number of signers Mr..
communication, that it was presented
to and acted upon by me as commission
er. The petition disappeared. but had
nothing to do with it, further than as an
individual to express my disapprOval of
anything of the kind. took my seat as
commissioner in the fall of 1885, and the
first regular meeting of the Board was in
January. 1886, up to that time there was
no herd law. In my first session the first
herd law of the county was enacted. The
state estray law. of course had nothing
to do with, and yet Mr.. Fike proposes
to make out that am responsible, that
1t requires the takers up of estrays to
give bond. | never had the criminal herd
law in my possession to peruse the
names, and had nothing 20 do with its
AS to my taking nv
unlawfully held by James Pol
and. | did take my horse, but not from
his place, and told Mr. Poland that l
would pay him any damage he could
prove. AS he could prove none. the
horse never having been on his premises,
he got none. Yes. Mr. Fike. | do DENY.
emphatically that ever used any such
language in reference tn the homestead
ers as you say, and tell you now, as
emphatIcally. that when YOU say that |
said: The hOmesteaders could let the
farming go to h, and fence their
Claims. you state wilfuliy what you
know to be IA lie. Do you understand?
Now: as to Mr.. Burgess board; paid
at the Windsor House for his board and
LODI cling at the rate of GO cents IA day, in
cash. My pay for this came in county
warrants which are worth. as all know,
70 cents on the 81. Had put in bill
At % cents per day would have been
out of pocket just Is cents day. To
make up this deficiency, had to charge
20 cents per day which when paid in war
-ants just brought 60 cents in cash. |
never charged any man cent for ap-
1ral>lng school lands. You claim the |
light to enquire concerning my official
business and charges. No one denies /
'our right strand no one objects to your
lsing it. But when you, the post master
81 Colby, go out among the people, and
or political purposes. distOrt and mis-
epresent and lie about my official bust
less. you degrade both yourself and your
'nlce. II republican were in your place.
nd took such an active part in politics
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-11-03
District Court.

!
Thomas county was held beginning October
24th. Judge L. X. Pratt, of Norton. presiding
Present: E. J. Paine, clerk. and NJ: W. With
am sheriff.
The following business was transacted:
State of Kansas VS. VIM Thompson and Chas
McNeese. Rape. Dismissed.
State of Kansas VS. Alex Snow, NJ Duff.
J Burge and L Candy. Stealing horse.
Defts Snow and Candy at large. NOLIE Pros
AS to Burge and Duf. and cause dismissed as
to them.
State of Kansas, on relation of w Wilcox
on. county attorney, VS. F NJ Wisdom and NJ
Donelan. Defts. Suit on bond John Hayes.
NJ d Les senger and J A Gill, attorneys for
Defts. Continued by consent.
State'Of Kansas VS. H Barlow, Deft To
set aside land sale. Dismissed.
State of Kansas VS. James Armstrong. Same
Same order.
State of Kansas vsTC Guy. Deft Same
Same order NJ ID Lessenger and J ID HAYES
Defts' attys.
State of Kansas VS. W H Copeland. Same
Same order. f A McMath Deft's atty
W Miller and S Mills, Plfs, vsC X Shi-
rey, Deft. Appeal. W S WillcoxOn and J A
Gill attys for Plfs. VIC Porter and NJ \
Duff Deft's attys. Settled and dismissed n
per stipulation on file
Farmers and Merchants Bank, PHI, VS. "
Lynde and Myron Lynde. Defts. Confession
Of Judgment. Gill Plf's atty.
Archibald Cochran, PHI. VS. Alice Cochran.
Deft. Divorce Cause dismis sed MD Les
senger, atty for Plff.
Gillispe Bros, Plffs, vs. W II Kingery. Oft,
Replevin. Cause heard by jury and verdict
for P-ffs. VS. WilcOxOn and W Bertram
attys for Plffs. Wilson Il Decker and u
Hayes. attys for DIT. George W GoOdsoe
wlthdraws appearance rs Deft's atty
Aida McNames, Plf. VS. Lester Mechanics.
Deft. Divorce. Dismissed. Ma Duff AMI
w Porter attys for Plff
Ditfendafer 4 Lee, Piffs, VS. Farmers and
Bank, Deft. Replevin. Cause heard by cour,
AID judgment for Pits. G " GoOdsOe ATTY
for Pltfs. J a Gill and s Willcoxon ntty>
for Deft.
Louis Frydindall, Plf. VS. G DERRICK sect
Trial by jury. Verdict for Plr VIC Porter
atty for PHI. NJ ID Lessenger atty for Deft
John A Martin, Plff. VS. WmA Pratt, Def.
Appeal: Cause heard by court and judgmen,
Tor Deft. WillcOxOn atty for fIff J \
Gill atty for Deft.
} Hughes. PHI. VS. Sarah Hughes, Def.
PlH's atty.
On motion. Ezra vanMetre. from Nebraska
ind w M q King. from Ohio, were admitted Il,
practice in the District and inferior courts OF
KANSAS.
Vote for james T.. PASSED. for Register
IF Deeds. Mr. passed. is in every wa,
and knows the difference be-
ween a county warrant and school or
Ter. He is in all ways well qualified fo.
he position and should and will hav.
he united support of republicans lhro
ut the county.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-11-03

tell you something, honest democrats in
the county do not recognize you AS such
and will not support the vicious methods
you have introduced into county politics
this fall NJ. w. WrrHAM.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-11-03

so",pcr a,uro ,uaU .r,oI,, VA INC
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-01-08
He BACKED Her b ots.

ga Boylston street bootblack," says
the Boston Gazette, twas considerably
sstorished one day last week by fash
ionably sttired and shapely young wo-
man who requested him to give her
boots q shine. Her foot coverings
showed the result of q tramp through
Tie muddy streets for which Boston is
becoming rapidly famous. Tbs boot
polisher gazed at her in conaical confu-
sion. Such customer was novelty to
him, and he was unprepared to deal with
her. He had piled his industry on
countless he-feet, but q pair OF feet be-
longing to the gentler sex had never be-
fore submitted themselves to his brush.
Before he found time to recover from
the surprise into which he was thrown
BY 50 unusual patron she repeated her
request with some little impotence in
her manner, whereupon he recovered and
pushed his foot. stand toward her. She
st once placed upon it small and pretty
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-01-08

H 1l0oe ok - ono co11 = a. = ~
.oe beUNn clay. which contsined = skill q
odmpsxativsly recent ego. Under this|
was 8 bone bed OF calcareous tufa contain
ing remains Of the elephant and . species
Of deer, end flint weapons, showing traces
Of use Under this bed was q second
layer Of ossiferous earth, containing
remains OF rhinoceri and deer, and rich
in Hints, bone implements, ivory plates
OF the mammoth tusk carved with rude
figures, and fragments of pottery, includ-
ing the bottom of vase of regular form
and baked. Beneath this bed was an
other layer OF brown-clay with numerous
bony fragments. Here, at from five to
six meters from the entrance to the cave,
two human skeletons were found in q
natural position, and probably intombed
there. Along with the skeletons were
found other objects, such as have been
mentioned above. Under this bed was
the barren carboniferous limestone rock.
The skulls are of the type Of the
Neanderthal Uranium, the bones being
very thick (9mm. one, that Of q woman,
is dolcocephalous. The frontal sinus
is very marked, and the brow low. In
short, the characteristics of the skulls
approach, for the most part, those Of in
ferior ces,and the other bones found
seem to indicate race of short men.
The conclusion drawn from the dis
covery by N. Nsdaillac is that the Ne
ander that race Of men, which M
Quaterfages has shown to be persistent
through the ages, even to the present
day, without being incompatible with q
very marked intellectual development,
once lived on the banks of the Meuse in
most remote times, working the flint,
utilizing the bones of animals and the
tusks of the mammoth, making ard
firing vases of clay, brying their dead,
and, in, fine, possessing the rudiments Of
civilization
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-01-08
The Toothpiek Industry.

''Ths toothpick trade hes grown to
enormous proportions" said dealer in
them to New York Mail and Cypress
reporter. Thousands of feet of soft
white pine are yearly converted into
these little infntismal splinters. It
has not been many years since the big
goose quill was the only toothpick going.
One of these hard picks from q goose
would frequently last man a week or
60. He carried it in his waistcoat pocket,
and instead of smoking when he became
lonesome he would draw forth his tooth
pick and snap it between hie teeth. It
acted as sedative, so to speak. The
evolution from the old-style pick was not
marked by any intermediate grades
worth mentioning. The soft wooden
pick found favor soon after its introduce
tion. They were found convenient and
thoroughly efficient. The gold tooth
pick is used more as an ornament than
for actual service, and besides, they are
too expensive for the general run. The
hotels are the great patrons of the tooth.
pick manufacturers. In this city alone
'shsSsands of dollars annually are paid
by the hotels for soft wooden tooth
picks. It is estimated that each hotel,
as rule, furnishes ten times the num-
Der OF soothpicks to outsiders, those who
are not guests. The reason is that every
msn who goes into hotel leans over the
counter, sees the box of toothpicks lying
there and naturally picks up five or six
in his hand in leaving. The business is
q paying one. and good profits are made.
The annual trade amounts to thousands,
and New York, perhaps, has the largest
trads of any city"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-01-08
Lafayette AS An American.

Lafayette identified himself sc
thoroughly with those for whose indie
pendence lie fought that when referring to
the revolution he always spoke of him
self as an American. One evening in
1924, while visiting Boston, Mrs. Josiah
Quincy said to him:
1.-THE American cockade was black end
WI tie, was it not, general?"
eyes, madame" he replied; 'it was
black at first, but when the French came
and joined us we added white in COM
pliment to them"
At the siege of Yorktown, in the as
sault which fastened the surrender OF
CORVALLIS, Lafayette and his American
division captured one redoubt some min
utes before the French carried the re-
doubt assigned to them.
"You don't remember me general"
said an old soldier, passing through the
crowd assembled at the state-house to
welcome Lafayette on his arrival in Bos-
ton. The general looked at him keenly,
holding the hand of the old man, who
added:
81 was close to you when we stormed
our redoubt at Yorktown was Just be-
hind Capt. Smith-you remember Capt.
Smith? He was shot in the head just
as he mounted the redoubt."
Eyes, yes, I remember" answered
Lafayette, his face Frightening up.
"Poor Capt. Smith But we beat the
French! We beat the Frenchr'
At the surrender of CORVALLIS the
American troops were drawn. up on the
right and the French troops on tie left
OF the road along which the British army
marchedin silence. Lafayette, MOTTO
ing that the English soldiers looked on
" at the Frenchmen on the left and
ignored the American light infantry,
the pride Of his heart, and being deter
mined to bring their "eyes to the right -
ordered the band to strike up "Yankee
Doodle"
aThen," said he, narrating the change,
s'they did look at us, but were not very
we'll pleased"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-01-08

- s<ss
H. Gman mniniicio1,s lifs W i
SERIES ~ renuknbls epiisodes He cams
to Paris With letter Of mtroduction
from Meyerbeer, which led the terribly
caastic Heine to say: ssDo you know
what makes me little distrustful OF this
young man? Well. it's his bringing q
letter from Meyerbeer." NJ. Adolphe
Julien, in his recent work on Richard
Wagner, declares that there is 60 truth
in the pretended success, at its first APP
pearance In Dresden, Of Tdnnhduser.
which is almosta classic to-day. he says
that the critics pronounced the work I'M
bearable and wearisome. That Wagner
was egotistical, We all know; but the
German used to point out as outstrip-
ping him in this respect, the italian
Spontoni. The latter said to Wagner on
one occasion, in order to discourage his
reformatory ambition: "How do you
suppose that it is possible to invent any
thug new when I myself find that can
not surpass my earlier efforts? And
furthermore it il evident, that since the
Vestal, not note has been written that
has not been stolen from me?" Besides
his musical talent, Wagner had great
deal of what the French call esprit, al
though he generally got worsted in q
contest with such fine wits as Auber and
Roasini; but he would acknowledge his
defeat. He once remarked at his own
house in Bayreuth: 'Yes, there's no
doubt Of it; we Germans are heavy"
The story has often been repeated how
Roesini turned the score of Tdnnhauser
upside down in order to make something
out Of it; hut Wagner paid him back in
his own coin. When directing Beetho-
VEINS Heroic Symphony at London, he
had the score of the Barber of Seville
before him on the muz1c stand. Wag-
ner had been blamed for leading at these
symphony concerts without the score,
simply by heart, so this time he had put
up any kind Of music before him. -Ros-
sini's most popular work I!